How to make the Beads of Courage Bags
If you would like to make some Bead of courage bags and sent them into the studio we will make sure they are given to The Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity. Directions on how to make the bag are below, if they don't make sense or you get stuck please get in touch and we can help. You can send all finished bags to the address below:
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Sew Confident Ltd
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INSTRUCTIONS
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Outer Fabric – Cut two pieces 23cm x 31cm
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Turn right side out through the hole in the lining and press. Close the hole in the lining with a topstitch.
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Sew a row of stitching 5cm in from the top edge all the way round. Go back and forward at the side seams to strengthen them.
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Sew another row of stitching 2cm below this, also going back and forward on the side seams to strengthen them.
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Now unpick the outer side seam between the two rows of stitching to create a channel.
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Take one of your pieces of drawstring and thread them through the front channel tie the ends in a knot. You might want to use a safety pin to help you. Do the same with the back channel.
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